“Failure is a matter of choice”: the loser subjectivity in self-help literature
In this paper, based on the analysis of “Só é fracassado quem quer”, a self-help literature book written by Thomas Morgan and published in Brazil in 1989, I problematize the recent incorporation of the derogatory speech about failure in this country, which is perceived not as an outcome of a specifi...
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| Language: | English |
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Pontíficia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Galáxia |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/galaxia/article/view/20233 |